FENNELL, William (d.1473), of Sandwich, Kent.

Family and Education

s. of Stephen Fennell of Sandwich by his w. Alice. m. (1) Emma; (2) Joan; (3) Elizabeth; 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Canterbury archdeaconry ct. wills, PRC 17/2, ff. 171v-72.

Offices Held

Jurat, Sandwich Dec. 1438–50, 1451 – 66, 2 Oct. 1467 – d.; mayor Dec. 1450–1; jt. keeper of the keys to the common chest 1450 – 51, 1452 – 57, 1459 – 60, 1461 – 62, 1467 – 69, 1470 – 71, Feb. – Dec. 1473; dep. mayor Feb. – Mar. 1453, July 1455, Sept. 1456, Apr. 1457, Apr. 1459, July 1461; alderman of the 3rd ward by Dec. 1467. E. Kent Archs., Sandwich recs., ‘Old Black Bk.’, SA/Ac 1, ff. 46, 50, 52, 56, 59v, 63, 66, 69, 72v, 76, 79, 87v, 89v, 90v, 92, 95v, 99, 102, 104, 106v, 108v, 110v, 117, 118, 174v, 176, 183v, 191v, 197v, 205v, 210; White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 30, 34, 36, 40, 43.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff to Yarmouth Sept.-Nov. 1447. White and Black Bks. 23.

Commr. of inquiry, Kent Feb. 1451 (piracy).

Parlimentarian

FENNELL, William (d.1473), of Sandwich, Kent.

Main residence: Sandwich, Kent.

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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